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Hydrometeorological disasters in urban areas of Costa Rica, Central America
(2020)
Tropical countries are subjected to natural disasters which cause
substantial human and economic losses. Coping with disasters in
tropics requires to improve our understanding of the frequency
and distribution of ...
Pasado, presente y futuro del clima en el Parque Nacional Chirripó, Costa Rica
Past, present, and future of the climate in Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
(2022)
Introducción: El Parque Nacional Chirripó ha
tenido cambios climáticos definidos por su ubicación y por
características geológicas, geomorfológicas, ecológicas y
edáficas. Objetivo: Identificar los factores que han
modulado ...
Neotropical Hypericum irazuense shrubs reveal recent ENSO variability in Costa Rican páramo
(2020-06)
Climate-vegetation relations in alpine systems play a pivotal role in regulating hydrology and have thus become
a research priority in a context of ongoing climate change. In this paper, we investigate how one of the ...
Worldwide Trends in Methods and Resources Promoting Geoconservation, Geotourism, and Geoheritage
(2023)
This study aims to provide a systematic analysis of the literature of methods and resources supporting geoconservation and geotourism worldwide, while identifying current and future trends in the field. This paper offers ...
Equilibrium-line altitude and temperature reconstructions during the Last Glacial Maximum in Chirripó National Park, Costa Rica
(2020-06)
Several high areas of Central America show evidence of past glacial activity, including glacial cirques, polished
and striated bedrock surfaces and moraine deposits. As glacial remnants, these morphologies can guide ...
Assessing the accuracy of open‑source digital elevation models for the geomorphological analysis of very small islands of Indonesia
(2023)
Digital elevation models (DEMs) are used for many geosciences studies; hence, their accuracy is essential. Throughout the
world, there are many small islands of various sizes and densities; hence, it is important to assess ...
Unidades morfotectónicas-volcánicas del sector noroeste del volcán Poás, Costa Rica
(2021)
La dinámica tectónica y volcánica de Costa Rica
responde principalmente a la interacción de las placas Cocos y Caribe. Con base en la relación entre las estructuras
geológicas, rangos altitudinales, parámetros morfométricos
y ...
Natural disaster risk inequalities in Central America
(2022)
Central America is affected by geological and hydrometeorological hazards
that, together with its high exposure and vulnerability, comprise risky scenarios for disasters. This region presents a significant number of ...
Geomorphological hazards susceptibility in high-density urban areas: a case study of Mexico City
(2020-10)
Developing countries face more impacts due to natural hazards because of rapid urbanization, natural resources
overexploitation, and lack of territorial management. Mexico City is one of the most populated metropolitan
areas ...
Deciphering natural hazard histories based on tree-ring analyses in contrasting tropical ecosystems of Costa Rica
Tesis para optar por el grado de Doctor en Ciencias, Universidad de Ginebra-Suiza
(2020)
Climatic and anthropogenic changes are contributing to the degradation of different ecosystems
in Costa Rica, thereby altering climatic, ecological, and geomorphic conditions. The hypothesis
of this PhD thesis is that ...